Question

Who is speaking in the passage above?

Telemachus
Halitherses
Antinous
Eurymachus

Answer 1

What is the passage?

Answer 2

So by day she'd weave at her great and growing web –
by night, by the light of torches placed beside her,
she would unravel all she's done. Three whole years
she deceived us, seduced us with this scheme.

Answer 3

Antinou

Answer 4

**Antinous

Answer 5

thank you

Answer 6

This is an example of which epic convention?

lengthy speech
digression
epic simile
divine intervention

Answer 7

Same line for this question?

Answer 8

Athena, daughter of storming Zeus had not cried out
in a piercing voice that stopped all fighters cold,
"Hold back you men of Ithaca, back from the brutal war!
Break off – shed no more blood – make peace at once!"

Answer 9

Epic simile, or better known as Homeric simile

Correct? e.e @Elsa213

Answer 10

But the goddess drifted through like a breath of fresh air,
rushed to the girl's bed and hovering close she spoke,
in face and form like the shipman Dymas' daughter,
a girl the princess' age, and dearest to her heart.

What term best defines the interaction between the characters in this passage?

Invocation of the Muse
Divine Intervention
In Media Res
The Hero's Journey

Answer 11

- Invocation of the Muse, not quite sure.

Answer 12

What inference can the reader make about The Odyssey from the following statement? "Even if Odysseus of Ithaca did arrive in person, to find us well-bred suitors feasting in his halls... . Here on the spot he'd meet a humiliating end if he fought against such odds."

Odysseus would join the feast and rejoice that he is home among friends.
The suitors would kill Odysseus if he tried to remove them from the palace.
Telemachus would become king once his father returned to Ithaca.
Penelope would choose one of the suitors over her husband, Odysseus, should he return to Ithaca.

Answer 13

can you find it

Answer 14

Which excerpt below best illustrates Odysseus' cunning character trait?

"There I'd sailed, you see, with a great army in my wake / out on the long campaign that doomed my life to hardship."
". . .and no one knew him at all / I alone, I spotted him for the man he was."
"Here I am at your mercy, princess- / are you a goddess or a mortal? If one of the gods / who rule the skies up there, you're Artemis to the life, ..."
"He travels with such an escort, one that others / would pray to stand beside them. She has power / Pallas Athena."

Answer 15

So by day she'd weave at her great and growing web –
by night, by the light of torches placed beside her,
she would unravel all she's done. Three whole years
she deceived us, seduced us with this scheme.

What does the "web" in the passage above refer to?

A great spider who lives in the palace.
The web of lies Penelope tells the suitors when they ask for her hand in marriage.
The tapestry that she is making for her father-in-law.
The silk that Penelope and her maids gather to make dresses.

Answer 16

Which storyline or event is related to the theme that it's important to develop compassion and empathy? Select all that apply.

the story of Scout's first days of school
the mystery of the gifts left in the tree
Mrs. Dubose's words about Atticus defending Tom Robinson
the killing of the rabid dog